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Class period is 4A
1/15/18

Alicia Robinson- Research videos for Awakening and Fences

Carl Short-Compared Fences and The Awakening

Shelby Lewis-Found pictures for Fences and Awakening

Marklayla Nelson-

Picked out the books that connected with the two books

Mikayla Little- Wrote about racial discrimination

Alysha Woodfork- Research the Civil rights movement and the book Fences

Rohan Jump- Picked out the movies that connected with the two books

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"The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States" Fences Time Period
"The women's suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win equal rights for women in America" the Awakening Time Period

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A History of Racial Injustice - Equal Justice Initiative

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Although Virginia was the first British colony to legally define slavery in mid-17th century North America, slavery did not immediately become the predominant form of labor there. For decades after slavery was formalized, Virginia plantation owners held nearly ten times as many indentured servants as enslaved Africans, and many of them were white.

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Author of the Awakening

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African-American History Timeline: 1950 to 1959

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African-American History Timeline: 1950 to 1959

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From the Brown vs. Board of Education decision to the murder of Emmitt Till and the dawn of the Civil Rights movement, these are the pivotal historical events in African-American history that occurred in the decade spanning 1950 through 1959.

Ralph Bunche wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his ability to mediate the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.

Gwendolyn Brooks receives the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. She is the first African-American to receive such a distinction.

Chuck Cooper, Nathaniel Clifton, and Earl Lloyd become the first African-Americans to play for the National Basketball Association.

Juanita Hall becomes the first African-American to win a Tony Award for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in "South Pacific".

Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants is declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

An estimated 3500 whites try to keep an African-American family from moving into an apartment building in Cicero. As a result, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson calls the state's national guard to protect the family.

Florida NAACP official Harry T. Moore is killed by a bomb.

Johnson Publishing Company prints its first issue of Jet.

For the first time in more than 70 years, the Tuskegee Institute finds that there are no lynchings reported in the United States.

Writer Ralph Ellison publishes " Invisible Man".

In June, African-American residents of Baton Rouge establish a boycott of the city's segregated transportation system.

James Baldwin publishes his first novel, "Go Tell It On The Mountain".

Willie Thrower joins the Chicago Bears and becomes the first African-American quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

The U.S. Supreme Court declares segregation in public schools unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. is the first African-American to be appointed as an Air Force general after serving in the Korean War.

Malcolm X becomes Minister of the Nation of Islam's Temple No. 7 in New York City.

Frankie Muse Freeman becomes the first African-American woman to win a major civil rights case after serving as the lead attorney for the NAACP in the Davis et al. v. the St. Louis Housing Authority case. The ruling ended racial discrimination in public housing in St. Louis.

While visiting family in Money, Miss., 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is killed by white men.

Rock 'n roll artist Chuck Berry records the hit song "Maybellene" with Chess Records.

Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery Bus to a white patron.

Marian Anderson is the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera.

Martin Luther King Jr. is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. The organization leads a year-long boycott against Montgomery's segregated transportation system.

Nat King Cole becomes the first African-American to host a primetime show on national television.

Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso" is the first record to sell more than one million copies.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Gayle v. Browder case declares it is unconstitutional to segregate transportation on intrastate travel. This ruling supports those participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Congress establishes the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This is the first legislative act protecting the rights of African-Americans since the Reconstruction period by establishing the Civil Rights section of the Justice Department. Federal prosecutors are now able to get court injunctions against those who interfere with the right to vote. Under this act, the Federal Civil Rights Commission is also established.

Dorothy Irene Height is elected president of the National Council of Negro Women. Height holds this position for 41 years.

Federal troops are sent to Little Rock, Ark by Dwight Eisenhower to enforce the desegregation of Central High School. The troops are also instructed to protect nine African-American students who are enrolled in the school and remain for the entire academic year.

The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) was established in Birmingham.

Perry H. Young becomes the first African-American pilot of a commercial passenger airline.

Motown Records is formed by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit.

Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis records "Kind of Blue". The work is considered Davis' masterpiece.

"A Raisin in the Sun", a play written by Lorraine Hansberry opens on Broadway. The play is the first to be produced by an African-American woman on Broadway.

Three days before he is scheduled to stand trial for raping a pregnant white woman, Mack Charles Parker is beaten by a mob in his jail cell. Parker is lynched near Poplarville, Miss.

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These Are the Pivotal Events in African-American History in the 1950s

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From the Brown vs. Board of Education decision to the murder of Emmitt Till and the dawn of the Civil Rights movement, these are the pivotal historical events in African-American history that occurred in the decade spanning 1950 through 1959. Ralph Bunche wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his ability to mediate the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.

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- Greenbook
- Beele Street
- How to Kill a Mockingbird
- The Color Purple
- The Help
- Kindred
- Native Son
- Black Boy

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Link regarding the time period of Women oppression in 1850s - 1900s

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Link regarding the time period of Women oppression in 1850s - 1900s

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Kate Chopin - The Role of the Wife and Mother During the Late 19th Century

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In the later nineteenth century things for women began to change. No doubt this had something to do with modernity and its intrinsic insistence on change, and no doubt it had something to do with the actions of women themselves, with their desire to break out of the limits imposed on their sex.

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- Iron Jawed Angels
- 42
- BlackKlansMan
- 12 years a Slave
- Hidden Figures
- Moonlight
- The Blind Side
- The Long Walk Home
- Fried Green Tomatoes

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Racial Discrimination is when a person is treated unfavorably or less than any other person because of their skin color.

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Author of Fences

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Civil Rights Movement 1960s Civil Rights Movement Footage Civil Rights Movement Documentary Crash Course Civil Rights Movement Police Brutality Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Movement Movies Civil Rights Movement History Civil Rights Movement Timeline 1950s Civil Rights Movement 20th Century Video Series the Civil Rights Movement

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While reading both of these books, we've noticed that both of these novels share similar themes
The themes are:
-Dreams/Hope
Both Edna and Tony share this theme and it's an everlasting one within the novels. In Fences, Tony wants to become a baseball player but due to his race, he can't become one. In the Awakening, Edna wants to be free from her relationship but can't because she's worried about what society would think of her. Both of them have hopes and dreams that can't be fulfilled.
-Betrayal
This is another theme in the books. In Fences, Troy cheats on his wife and ends up getting the other woman pregnant. In Awakening, Edna cheats on her husband and feels more empowered.

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Women suffrage was the struggle of women rights to vote and have the desire to have freedom when dealing with reject to the social convention and family obligation.

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Women's Suffrage in America in 19th Century - Bing video

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Women's Suffrage Crash Course 19th Century Reform Us Early 19th Century American History Women's Suffrage 19th Amendment Schoolhouse Rock Women's Suffrage Women's Suffrage Songs Life in 19th Century Women in 19th Century England The Women Who Started Suffrage World History Social Reforms of the 19th Century Universal Suffrage America